AttributeError: module 'sys' has no attribute 'original_stdout'

[chinmaymalvania]

BPO	44266
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @stevendaprano

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[chinmaymalvania]

I imported sys but when I use it, it says:
AttributeError: module 'sys' has no attribute 'original_stdout'

[stevendaprano]

Correct, sys has no attribute 'original_stdout'.

Do you have a file called sys.py? Rename it.

[terryjreedy]

If you intend to import the stdlib sys and succeed, the original stdout is called '__stdout__'. See
https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.\_\_stdin__, including the note that it may be None on Windows. Also peruse that doc to see what attributes sys *does* have.

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